10 Ways to Assist Children With Language Disorders During the Coronavirus Pandemic
With social distancing, or more accurately physical distancing, a new way of life as COVID-19 cases grow by the day, people of all ages are challenged to find different ways to connect socially. However,...
Support Native Language Center to Help Fight COVID-19
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) is calling for the inclusion of a provision in the next coronavirus relief bill to establish a Native American Language Resource Center (NALRC) to support Native American language education schools...
Cambridge English offers support for English language teachers
Cambridge University Press ELT and Cambridge Assessment English have reached over two million users already with free, online content to support teachers and learners to meet the huge challenges posed by the global pandemic.
The...
Five Million Assessments Reveal COVID Educational Slide
A new report based on 5.3 million assessments of student progress in grades 1-8 details the effects on learning associated with COVID-19 school disruptions. Released by Renaissance (a leader in pre-K–12 education technology) to...
NEA Poll: Low Online Attendance, Equity Top Educators’ Concerns
With school buildings closed across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new poll shows educators and their students face significant challenges in making the difficult transition to distance learning. The poll, which...
Civil Rights Complaint Filed over Lack of COVID-19 Provisions for Multilinguals
The National Health Law Program has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Department of Homeland...
If COVID-19 closes K-12 schools, most may not be ready for long-term e-learning
The outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, is forcing schools to suspend in-class learning, but many may be woefully unprepared to shift to e-learning for more than a few days,...
Los Angeles and San Diego Schools to Go Online-Only in The Fall
Schools in California’s two largest public school districts — Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified — will not reopen for in-person classes on August 18. The districts announced Monday that classes will be...
New Republic Offers Free Webinars For Educators
New Republic will host two webinars, one April 15 and one April 16, for educators and administrators.
The topic for the webinar April 15 is Making Advising and Student Supports Accessible for Students in...
How COVID-19 is Reshaping Translation & Interpretation
COVID-19 has changed the world irrevocably, forcing the translation and interpretation industry to rapidly adopt digital technology and tools to reduce the disruption of day-to-day operations.
Since early March, multinational corporations and international associations have...